Advertising sign



July 3, 1928.

B. H. KOLLMAN ET AL ADVERTI S ING S I GN Filed March 28, 1927 Bnnnl'ifL/(ourmu ma ELM!" P. PHILLIP,

5 way display, the sign panels bein and lower horizontal rails,

Patented July 3, 1928.

1 1,675,357 g UNITED STATES PATE O IC BARTLEY Exo LmAN AND ELMER R. PHILLIPS, or runmuiiroizrs, menus. l

ADVERTISING SIGN.

Application filed March 28, 1927. Serial No. 178,883.

The object of ourinvention is to produce an advertising sign of a character which may be installed alon highwaysand public places and may embody either a one or twochangeable, removable and replacea 1e in a convenient and expeditious manner, and the sign generally being so constructed and arranged as to be at all times proportionate,-

strong and capable of withstan ing exposure.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, Figure 1 is a perspective of a sign embodying our improvements; Fig. 2 an elevation showing the inner side of one ofthe panels andother parts; Fig. 3 a vertical sectional view taken on the dotted line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a detail section on the dot-ted line 4--4 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section showing locking means which we may employ.

In said drawings the portions marked 5 indicate the vertical members or standards of our improved sign, which are preferably inortised, at 6, 7, to receive the ends of upper 8, 9, respectively. The rails are fixedly secured by bolts, 1O, 11, preferably passing through take-up plates, 12, adjustably secured by nuts, 13, and said rails are provided with longitudinal grooves,

30 14, 15, 14, 15', as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5,

for a purpose to appear.

From the upper rail 8, and secured thereto by the bolts 10, we extend a diagonally arranged angle-iron brace embodying the members, 17, through which an adjusting rod, 18, is projected, and its lower end is provided with looking nuts, 20, 21, said rod 18 passing through the upper rail, and being provided at its upper end also with looking nuts, 22, 23, the nuts 23 being hidden and protected by an ornamental fixture, 24;. The nuts 13 are sunk in the vertical members 5, as indicated in Fig. 2, and the sockets in which they are secured may be filled with plugs, 25, so that the frame when finished has a smooth and neat appearance.

The panel, 28, which bears advertising matter, is made of sheet metal reinforced by battens, 29, 30, arranged about and intermediate its edges, and is first inserted in the groove, 15, in the upper cross rail 8, the operation being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, its lower end being then forced inwardly so that it will slide into the groove 15 in the lower cross rail 9, its final osition being indicated at 28' in Fig. 3, it being take-up devices interunderstood, or course, that-we usually einploy two panels, one for each side of the frame, so that the brace 17, battens 29, 30,

12, and other details of workmanship, will be hidden from view, and

tliesign as a whole present a neat and ornamental appearance, as indicated in Fig. 1. While these panels will be retained quite securely inthe grooves '111 the manner explained we prefer to lock them to the vertical members or standards 5, and this we ac complish by angfle iron keepers, as 34, which are slipped into the clearance between the standard and thecnd of the panel and hooked onto screws, 35, 36, in the inner web of the angle-iron, so

that the outer web, 37, thereof will lap along the outer side of the panel. By reference to Figs. 4 and 5 it will be seen that this method of locking is simple and that the devices are largely concealed by the panels, but we may employ any suitable means for the purpose.

The grooves in the lower rail 9 are provided with openings, 40, through which an implement may be inserted to contact with the lower edge of the panel so that the latter may be raised'from the groove and removed.

In the manner described we provide a sign which may be changed at will by removing one or both panels and substituting others therefor, and b r providing the frame with braces, as 17 an the adjusting rod 18, we are enabled to tighten the frame structure whenever required, or so adjust it as to prevent its parts from sagging or becoming distorted. As is well known considerable time is consumed in renewing painted advertis s when substituting one advertise ing si me-nt or another, as it becomes necessary to send sign writers to the installed signboards, or remove and convey signs to a workshop to be repainted or changed. By our improvement, however, when the frame has once been installed in the soil'or otherwise, vehicles laden with sign panels may be driven to the signs along highways, the panels removed and new ones inserted, and those which have been in use may be rewritten and reused repeatedly, and this advantage is of greatimportaiice, as when advertisements are discontinued, which frequently occurs, our improved frame may be left intact, the panels bearing discontinued advertising removed, and those bearing other advertisements inserted. The sign illustrated in Fig. 1 contemplates a frame by means'of slots,

structure designed to be fixedly secured in the soil, but We desire it to be understood that our improved sign embodying a panel retaining frame may be mounte in any able from the grooved horizontal members,

a brace connected to the horizontal members, and a rod connected to the horizontal members and brace for adjusting the frame to prevent distortion thereof.

2. An advertising sign embodying vertical members having mortices therein, horizontal members seated in said mortices, adjustable take-up plates mounted in the standards, bolts connecting the take-up plates to the horizontal members, a brace connected to the horizontal members, and means connecting the horizontal members and brace to adjust said members for preventing disalinement thereof.

3. In an advertising sign, vertical and horizontal members adj ustably connected together, a panel, means in the horizontal members for detachably securing the panel thereto, means interposed between the panel and vertical members for locking the ends of the panel to said members, means for "bracing "the vertical and horizontal members, and means connecting the horizontal members and brace to ad u.st the vertical and horizontal members against distortion.

4. In an advertising sign, a frame comprising vcrtical members and horizontal members, means for adjustably securing said members together, a panel removably attachable to the horizontal members, keepers for securing the ends of the panel to the vertical members said keepers being detachably secured to the vertical members and engaging the ends of the panel to prevent dis;

BARTLEY H. KOLLMAN. ELMER R. PHILLIPS. 

